Manuel Pellegrini has admitted he will find it frustrating should Manchester City not win the title, and said his team had been regarded as favourites due to their style of play.

City have endured the worst week of their season after losing to their title rivals Liverpool and then drawing with Sunderland, the bottom team. This means the Premier League is no longer in City's hands as they are six points behind Liverpool having played one match less.

Asked if ending the campaign having won only the Capital One Cup could be viewed as a success, Pellegrini said: "I will evaluate the season when we finish it. It's not good to have an evaluation of the year at the moment because we have to play another five games. If we win those five games we'll see what happens with the other teams, so we can wait a little longer to have that evaluation about the year.

"I think that every one of us will be frustrated if we don't win the league, because if we were favourites to win the league it's because of the way we played the whole part of the year, not because we were leading the table.

"If you review the table we were only top one or two times but, the way we have played the whole year, of course I think we would be frustrated if we don't win the league. But, I repeat, I don't want to talk about that until the end of the season."

City host West Bromwich Albion on Monday evening and Pellegrini believes Liverpool playing Norwich City the day before could help his team. "I don't think it is a disadvantage, maybe it is an advantage if Liverpool drop points," he said. "We have in our minds just to win our games, not what happens with the other teams. We must do it if we play before or after.

"I am absolutely sure that the teams will drop more points also, it can be Liverpool, Chelsea [who are four ahead], the same way we drop points the last game. We have to play another 15 points. We will try to win the most amount of points and at the end of the season we will see which team wins the title."

The Chilean said that following the Sunderland disappointment had affected his team's spirits. "Of course, it was a disappointment because we always want to win every game but I said before that game that playing against a relegated team is not easy," he said. "They play the last games of the season 100% every ball. Sunderland did it here very well so they could get one point."

Yaya Touré will not be available on Monday due to a muscle problem, while the ankle injuries of Jesús Navas and David Silva make each a doubt.

"Yaya is improving but it is a muscle injury so it is difficult for him to be fit so soon," the manager said.